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[Closed] PSA: Crank Bros Candy's £20 @ CRC

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cheaper than a rebuild kit and a pair of new cleats 🙂


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:40 pm
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bargain, but I bet they're only available in extra small or something


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:46 pm
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bargain, but I bet they're only available in extra small or something

YOU WHAT??? 😕

Since when do pedals come in sizes?


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:51 pm
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I'd assumed he was making a joke.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:52 pm
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Great, thanks for that, I needed some new cleats!


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:56 pm
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Thanks - I'm guessing they'll come with cleats too.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 3:11 pm
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I got some Acids from them for £22 last week and they had cleats (they're oem packed so no fancy boxes or grease ports with them).


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 3:12 pm
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Hmm dont like Candys' = had a pair and they rust like poo compared to my Times and very tight - I'll stick with my ATAC's thanks !


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 4:22 pm
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I'd need £20 to use those pedals again. Utter gash 😐


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 4:26 pm
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bargain, but I bet they're only available in extra small or something

I genuinely LOL'd at that brakes 😀

I hated the pair I had. You can get M520 SPD's for [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3759 ]19 quid[/url] with cleats and you can't go wrong with that


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 5:55 pm
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Never had a problem with my Crank Bros and I have two pairs.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 6:40 pm
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Good thing they are cheap because they are truly SH1TE!!

I went to a £24 pair of Shimano M520's and have had zero problems.

Crank Bros deserve lynching for foisting cruddy products on the innocent public.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 6:41 pm
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mine are nice, cheap ones broke but they were very cheap and got refund. Best clearing pedal in snow though


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 6:50 pm
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My eggbeaters have been ace, I love them but I did get the SS ones.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 6:57 pm
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Have to be worth a punt at that price, although the SLs fair better.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 7:17 pm
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I've got candies, use them everyday on road bike and mountain bike
learned to love them and don't show any signs of breaking

might get another pair so I don't have to swap around


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:52 pm
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The new pair will mean all of my bikes run the same. Never had a problem and my smartys are 3 years old.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:04 pm
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Good thing they are cheap because they are truly SH1TE!!

What makes you say that? Prefer Crank Bros myself... Your feet come out when you want them to without having to apply positive force. They also clear mud/snow better. They don't last quite as long as Shimano sure, but I've not spent more than £20 on a pair with cleats (Ebay is my friend!) in years, so it's not exactly expensive.

FWIW though, the Smarty's are WAY sub par... MUCH poorer tolerances, and they fall apart quickly, Candy's are 10x better.

Have to be worth a punt at that price, although the SLs fair better.

Only thing different on the SL's over the C's is the axle... A Stainless Steel Axle Vs a Cromoly one. No strength difference (if anything, the cromoly would be stronger I suspect), and 14g weight saving on a pair of pedals... Hardly fair to call them "far better" I'd say?


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:14 pm